Niblett's Bluff in the War Between the States by Michael Dan Jones

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Confederate Guards Response Battalion

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1st Louisiana Zouaves

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Dick Dowling and the Jefferson Davis Guard

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The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou by Michael Dan Jones

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9th Battalion Louisiana Infantry

This is the history of the 9th Battalion Louisiana Infantry which fought at the Battle of Baton Rouge and the Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana in the War for Southern Independence. The unit took part in the famous charge of Allen's Brigade at Baton Rouge. The men of the unit were fighting in defense of their own home area since most were from East Baton Rouge and nearby parishes. Click on image for more information.

Mouton's Charge at the Battle of Mansfield and the Red River Campaign

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The Vicksburg 28th Louisiana Infantry

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The Tiger Rifles: The Making of a Louisiana Legend

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The Battle of Calcasieu Pass

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Baton Rouge Confederate Statue Back on Display

Baton Confederate Statue
on the base it rested before
it was put into storage. The statue
is now on display in the Old
State Capitol Rotunda.
(Phot by Mike Jones)

MANSFIELD, La. -- The Baton Rouge Confederate Monument, which dates back to 1886, was put in storage several years ago to reconfigure the street it was on, has been put back on public display in the Rotunda of the Old State Capitol building, according to Chip Landry of Brig. Gen. Henry Watkins Allen Camp 133.
Compatriot Landry gave an update on the monument October 27 at Mansfield State Historic Site where the annual Fall Assembly of the Louisiana Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, was held. State Commander Ted Brode presided.
The monument is unique because the face of the Confederate soldier statue was modeled on that of local Confederate veteran Adrew S. Herron, Landry said.
The statue was originally on an ornate marble pedestal until that original base was replaced with a cheap brick one on which it stood until removed due to the street project. Landry said the statue will eventually be put on permanent display on a new, and hopefully better, base somewhere on the grounds of the Old State Capitol.
He said at one point there was a threat that the statue would be discarded, but the Louisiana Secretary of State's office, which is in charge of the historic relic, had it moved to a more secure place until it could be put back on public display.
Landry said the statue is now on display in the Rotunda as part of its Sesquicentennial display that includes a Confederate First National flag that originally flew over the State Capitol until in 1862 when it was removed by a Yankee soldier who then sent the flag home to Massachusetts.
A descendant of that Yankee soldier recently returned it to the state and it was refurbished and framed for the display by the Foundation for Historic Louisiana. He said after the flag will be returned to the Foundation at the end of November, at the Old Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge.